Opened in 1983 and designed by the artist Ismail Fattah al-Turk, it is a turquoise dome split in two around an eternal flame, in memory of the war dead.
It rises from an artificial lake, with a museum and library beneath.
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Al-Shaheed Monument
نصب الشهيد
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